Senior Front End Developer

Overview

Intersted in joining our Software Team?

At TA Instruments, we're looking for creative and innovative engineers who bring fresh ideas from all areas, including data processing, distributed computing, large-scale system design, networking and data storage, security, UI design and mobile; the list goes on and is growing every day. We encourage all our engineers to constantly add value to themselves and the business through learning and collaboration.

We are looking for smart, self-motivated software engineers to join our truly exceptional engineering team. 

Responsibilities

As a Software Engineer you will:

• Research, design, develop and release/maintain: User interface, Data analysis, Instrument control software for thermal analysis, rheological, and calorimetric instruments.
• Work within a formal development process covering the full development lifecycle.
• Provide code and supporting documentation in accordance with the coding guidelines, quality processes and applicable procedures, including team's definition of done.
• Keep a pro-active attitude to ensure continuous improvement of the software quality, work process and individual skills.
• Provide contributions to the application architecture with a focus on scalability, maintainability, and performance.
• Develop and maintain scalable, responsive web applications using ReactJS and TypeScript.
• Work closely with UX/UI designers, back end engineers, product managers, and Test Automation team to translate requirements into technical implementations.
• Build and extend reusable component libraries and adhere to established design systems.
• Optimize application performance for fast load times and smooth user interactions.
• Participate in code reviews, sharing constructive feedback with peers.
• Write unit and integration tests to ensure code quality and reliability.
• Troubleshoot and resolve technical issues, collaborating with the team to maintain application stability.
• Stay informed about emerging front end trends, tools, and technologies, and suggest improvements.

 As a Team Member you will:

• Participate in all team meetings and ceremonies in direct collaboration with other sites, provide input and feedback, take ownership on identified improvements.
• Actively participate in learning and sharing activities either during informal or formal training and demos.
• Demonstrate continuous technical improvement.

Qualifications

Education:

• You have a Bachelors Degree (preferably in a science related subject or in engineering)

Experience:

• 5 years of professional front-end development experience.
• 3 years of hands-on experience with ReactJS in production environments.
• Strong proficiency in TypeScript, including advanced typing, generics, and interfaces.
• Deep understanding of HTML5, CSS3, and modern layout techniques.
• Experience with state management libraries.
• Familiarity with front end build tools and bundlers.
• Proficient in writing unit and integration tests using frameworks.
• Experience with RESTful APIs integration.
• Solid understanding of web accessibility standards (WCAG) best practices.
• Excellent problem-solving skills and attention to detail.

Desired:

• Experience with server-side rendering frameworks.
• Knowledge of CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure as code.
• Familiarity with design tools (Figma) and collaborating with design teams.
• Experience with performance monitoring and analytics tools.
• Familiarity with TailWind & ReactQuery.

Strong communication skills and ability to work effectively in cross-functional teams.

Company Description

Waters Corporation (NYSE: WAT), the world's leading specialty measurement company, has pioneered chromatography, mass spectrometry and thermal analysis innovations serving the life, materials, and food sciences for over 60 years. With approximately 8,000 employees worldwide, Waters operates directly in 35 countries, including 15 manufacturing facilities, with products available in more than 100 countries. Our team focuses on creating business advantages for laboratory-dependent organizations to enable significant advancement in healthcare delivery, environmental management, food safety, and water quality.   

Working at Waters enables our employees to unlock the potential of their careers. Our global team is driven by purpose. We strive to be better, learn and improve every day in everything we do. We’re the problem solvers and innovators that aren’t afraid to take risks to transform the world of human health and well-being. We’re all in it together delivering benefit as one to provide the insights needed today in order to solve the challenges of tomorrow. 

Diversity and inclusion are fundamental to our core values at Waters Corporation. It is our responsibility to actively implement programs and practices to drive inclusive behavior and increase diversity across the organization. We are united by diversity and thrive on it for the benefit of our employees, our products, our customers and our community. Waters is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, marital status, disability, gender identity or protected Veteran status. 

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